Foundation garment



Oct. 31, 1950 B, FRIS E 2,527,926

FOUNDATION GARMENT Filed April 5, 1949 INVENTOR. BLANCHE FRISCH ERPatented Oct. 31, 1950 UNITED" STAT-Es PATENl h OFFlCE 2,527,926FOUNDATION GARMENT BlanchexFriseher, New York, N. Y. ApplicationlAprils, 1949, Serial No..85,517

3 Claims.

' This invention relates to new and useful im- 7 provements in afoundation garment.

More specifically, the present invention proposes the construction of animproved foundation garment characterized by a novel front sectiondesigned to have a greater compressing and flattening effect over thediaphragm portio of the human body.

Another object of the present invention proposes the construction of afoundation garment 'front section having a diamond, shaped centerportion formed of four layers of elasticmaterial with alternate layersarranged .to stretch in opposite directions and arranged in a manner tobe'position'ed over the diaphragm when the garment is worn to havemaximum thereon.

Still another object of the present invention proposes forming thegarment so that the compression diamond shaped center portion isboundedbytri- .angularly shaped portions formed of two. layers ofelastic material with alternate layers arranged to stretch in oppositedirections and arranged in a manner to have less compression efi-ect onthe portions of the body surrounding the diaphragm.

.A further object of the present invention proposes arranging theelastic layers so that they cross one another at the center of thegarment to form the diamond shaped centerportion with the triangularlyshaped portions forming extensions of the portions which form thediamond shaped center portion. v e The invention further proposesarranging the elastic layers in double ply panels which are arranged tocross each other at right angles in a manner to form the diamond shapedcenter portion and the triangularly shaped portions.

The invention also proposes completing the formation of the frontsection of the-foundation garment by providing panels of two-way.stretch elastic material which have their inner edges attached to thetop and. bottom edges 'of :the crossed panels and which extend to thetop and bottom edges of the garment.

.It is a further object of the present invention to form a foundationgarment which is dur able and effective in use and which can bemanuiactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

. way stretch elastic material.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of the presentdisclosure- Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of afoundation garmenthaving a front section formed in accordance with the present invention.7

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detailed view of a portion of Fig. v1.

Fig. 3 is an inside elevational view of Fig. 2, but with certain of thestitches opened and the respective layers'folded ,back to revealunderneath constructions.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged partial vertical sectional view through the frontsection looking in the direction of the line -A of Fig. 2.

The foundation garment of the present invention, includes a frontsection [0 attached along its vertical side edges to elastic sidesections II which are in turn connected to a back section. Details ofthe back section are not shown on the present drawing, as such detailsform no part of the present invention and any desired back sectionconstruction can be employed in combination with the front section ofthe present invention. The same comment applies to the sidese'ctionsQexcept that it has been found desirable to form the sidesections I I of elastic material arranged to stretch in the verticalonly, as inlayer panels l5 and iii. The panel i5 is outer most and thepanels are arranged to cross one.

another at right angles. Each of the panels l5 and 15 is formed ofsuperimposed layers of one- The layers are comprised ofan outer'layer Hand an'inner layer l8, for'eachof the panels. The outer layers l1 andcut on a bias, with the layer of the panel arranged to stretch only inthe direction of the double ended arrows l9 shown in Fig. 2. The outerlayer 57 of the panel [6 is arranged to stretch in the direction of thedouble ended arrows 20 shown in Fig. 2, which direction is at rightangles to the direction in which the outer layer of the panel i5stretches.

The inner layer 53. of the outermost panel lfiis arranged to stretch inthe direction of the double ended arrows 2| on Fig. 3, which directionof stretching is at right angles to the direction of stretching of theouter layer ll of the panel (5. The inner layer I8 of the innermostpanel 16 is arranged to stretch in the direction of the double endedarrows 22 in Fig. 3, which direction of stretching is at right angles tothe direction of stretching of the outer layer ll of the panel is and atright angles to the direction of stretching of the inner layer 18 of theoutermost panel I5.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the top and bottom edges of the outer layersll of the panels l and I6 are secured to the top and bottom edges of theinner layers l8. The formation of the front section It] includes panels23 and 24 of'elastic material. The panel 23 extends from the top of thecrossed panels to the top edge of the garment and the panel 24 extendsfrom the bottom of the crossed panels and IE to the bottom. edge of thegarment.

The panels 23 and 24 are formed of two-way stretch elastic materialwhich is cut on the bias so that the panels are capable of stretching inthe directions indicated by the double ended arrows 26, shown in Figs. 2and 3. If desired, each of the panels 23 and 24 can be formed of doublelayers of elastic material each of which is cut on a bi s.

Lines of stitches 25 shown are used to secure the top and bottom edgeportions of the outer layers in position to secure the inner and outerlayers I! and I8 together, to secure together the overlapped portions ofthe panels I5 and I6 and to secure the inner'edges of the panels 23 and24 to the top and bottom edges of the crossed panels I 5 and I6.

The construction results in a foundation garment having a front sectionID which includes a diamond shaped center portion formed of four layersof elastic material, see Fig.4, with adjacent layers arranged to stretchin oppositedirections. The four sides of the diamond shaped centerportion are bounded by triangularly shaped portions formed of two layersof elastic material arranged to stretch at right angles to one another.Thus, the front section l0 has maximum compression and flattening effectover the diaphragm of the body and yet the diamond shaped center portionby being bounded by the triangularly shaped portions combines with'thosetriangularl shaped portions to permit some er;- pansion of thefoundation garment under the influence of outward pressures created byexpansion of the lower portion of the body.

, On the outer face of the outer la er ll of the outermost panel l5,there is a design 2! which is illustrated on the drawing to be agardenia. The design 21 is imprinted on the outer face of the outerlayer ll; however, the compressing and flattening effect of the diamondshaped center portion of the front section Ill can be improved byembroidering the design 21 so thatthe stitch- ,es forming the designpass through each of the four layers forming the diamond shaped portionof the front section I0.

I While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A front section for a foundation garment,

comprising a pair of superimposed panels arranged to cross one anotherat right angles, each of said panels being formed of superimposed layersof elastic material forming a four layer diamond-shaped center portionwhere said panels cross one another, stitches securing the top andbottom edges of said panels to one another about the perimeter of saiddiamond-shaped center portion comprised of four superimposed layers ofelastic material, said panels beyond the sides of said diamond-shapedcenter portion having triangularly shaped portions of two superimposedlayers of elastic material, said crossed panels having a height lessthan the height of the garment and positioned midway of the height ofthe garment and having a V-shaped top edge configuration and an invertedV-shaped bottom edge configuration, a top panel of two-way stretchelastic material set into the front section between the top edges ofsaidcrossed panels and the top of the front section and having its bottomedge conformed to the V.-shaped top edges of said crossed panels,stitches securing the bottom edge of said top panel to the top edges ofsaid crossed panels, a bottom panel of two-way stretch material set intothe front section between the bottom edges of said crossed panels andthe bottom of the front section and having its top edge conformed to theinverted .V-shaped bottom edges of said crossed panels, and stitchessecuring the top edge of said bottom panel to the bottom edges of saidcrossed panels.

2. A front sectionfor a foundation garment, comprising a pair ofsuperimposed panels arranged to cross one another at right angles, eachof said panels being formed of superimposed layers of elastic materialforming a four layer diamond-shaped center portion where said panelscross one another, stitches securing the top and bottom edges of saidpanels to one another about the perimeter of said diamond-shaped centerportion comprised of four superimposed layers of elastic material, saidpanels beyond the sides of said diamond-shaped center portion havingtriangularly shaped portions of two superimposed layers of elasticmaterial, said crossed panels having a height less than the height ofthe garment and positioned midway of the height of the garment andhavinga V-shaped top edge configuration andv an inverted V-shaped bottom edgeconfiguration, a top panel of two-way stretch elastic material set intothe front section between the top edges of said crossed panels and thetop of the front section and having its bottom edge conformed to theV-shaped top edges of said crossed panels, stitches securing the bottomedge of said top panel to the top edges of said crossed panels, a bottompanel of two-way stretch material set into the front section between thebottom edges of said crossed panels and the bottom of the front sectionand having its top edge conformed to the inverted V-shaped bottom edgesof said crossed panels, and stitches securing the top edge of saidbottom panel to the bottom edges of said crossed panels, said layers ofelastic material in each of said panels of said crossed panels being ofbias-cut one-way stretch elastic material disposed to stretch indirections at right angles to each other; whereby alternate layers ofsaid diamond-shaped center portion will stretch at right angles to eachother.

3. A front section for a foundation garment, comprising a pair ofsuperimposed panels arranged to cross one another at right angles, eachof said panels being formed of superimposed layers of elastic materialforming a four layer diamond-shaped center portion where said panelscross one another, stitches securing the top and bottom edges of saidpanels to one another about the perimeter of said diamond-shaped centerportion comprised of four superimposed layers of elastic material, saidpanels beyond the sides of said diamond-shaped center portion havingtriangularly shaped portions of two superimposed layers of elasticmaterial, said crossed panels having a height less than the height ofthe garment and positioned midway of the height of the garment andhaving a V-shaped top edge configuration and an inverted V-shaped bottomedge configuration, a top' panel of two-way stretch 6 tom edges of saidcrossed panels and the bottom of the front section and having its topedge conformed to the inverted V-shaped bottom edges of said crossedpanels, and stitches securing the top edge of said bottom panel to thebottom edges of said crossed panels, said top and bottom panels beingbias-cut elastic material.

BLANCHE FRISCHER- REFERENCES CITED The following references are ofrecord in the file of this patent:

elastic material set into the front section between the top edges ofsaid crossed panels and the top of the front section and having itsbottom edge conformed to the V-shaped top edges ofisaidr;

crossed panels, stitches securing the bottomfedge of said top panel tothe top edges of said crossed panels, a bottom panel of two-way stretchmaterial set into the front section between the bot- UNITED STATESPATENTS Number Name Date 1,927,357 Borneman Sept. 19, 1933 2,168,009 VanPraag Aug. 1, 1939 2,315,561 Strait Apr. 6, 1943 2,466,540 FeigenbaumApr. 5, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 820,848 France Aug. 9,1937

